Spillerforeningen

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Spillerforeningen
Spillerforeningen
AbbreviationSPFO
chairman)
AffiliationsFIFPRO (international)
FH (national)
DEF (national)
Websitespillerforeningen.dk

Spillerforeningen (SPFO, the Society of Professional Footballers

chairman of the organisation, elected in June 2016, while Michael Sahl Hansen is the CEO.[5]

The association has been a part of the international players' union FIFPRO since 1993.[6] On 18 June 2004, the association became a member of Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO), which on 1 January 2019 was replaced by the Danish Trade Union Confederation (FH).[7][8] SPFO is also a member of Danske Elitesportsudøveres Forening (DEF). The annual Danish Football Player of the Year Award for both men and women is awarded in a collaboration between the Danish Football Association (DBU) and Spillerforeningen.[9]

History

Foundation and early years

The footballers' association was established on 19 May 1977 at the initiative of Torsten Andersen, who was also elected its first chairman.[2][10] Another of the association's founders were Jørgen Lorentzen.[11] The year prior to the introduction of professional contracts in Denmark, the captains of the league clubs held a meeting on 1 May 1977 at KB's facilities in Frederiksberg with the intention of forming a players' association.[12] The association faced renewed dissolution threats in its first couple of years. A heated debate on the association's fate before and during the 1980 general meeting took place due to a split among the board members.[13] While footballer Henning Munk Jensen suggested the association lacked support from both players and clubs, two other board members, Jørgen Lorentzen and Klaus Goeg, advocated for the association's continuation due to a notably positive sentiment towards it with more than 30 clubs having paid for their players' membership in the association in 1979.[13] In the first couple of years following the foundation, the main agenda item at general meetings were whether the chairmain should receive a telephone subsidy of DKK 3-400.[12]

The Players' Association got its chairman represented in the

Tipstjenesten, and the economy of the association did not warrant maintaining a small secretariat.[14] In the early years, the association partook in debates regarding the structure of the Danish Football Association (DBU), the introduction of a Super League, issues surrounding the league national team, etc.[11] After five years, the union would go on to focus more on addressing each player's individual problems in relation to their club or the Danish FA, moving towards a more of a trade union character, similar to the Players' Association in Spain.[11]

Initially, each league club was a member of the players' association, making the players on the club's roster a member indirectly, which meant that the union could not keep track of each player.

unemployment benefit problems.[14][11]

A dispute with

summer break they would have otherwise missed if the tournament had proceeded in its original format.[15] The intervention marked the first time that the Players' Association had achieved results.[15]

Bosman ruling

Spillerforeningen's new magazine, named Indersiden, was introduced in 1989. In 1988, the association's annual revenue was 61,000 kroner, which changed to over 1 million kroner in 1996.[12] In February 1996, approximately 600 footballers (80 percent) from all league clubs were members, paying between 300 and 800 kroner in membership fees annually.[12] In the top flight league, close to 100 percent were organized in Spillerforeningen.[12] With the help of Sparekassen Bikuben, a secretariat located in Pilestræde in Copenhagen was established.[12]

The association offered active support to the Belgian footballer Jean-Marc Bosman, who had filed a lawsuit that led to the Bosman ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union in 1995.[12]

Initially only meant to have male players as members, in 2001, the membership was extended to female players in the top flight league and professionals playing abroad. In 2022, the number of female members were approximately one hundred.

Chairmen

All past chairmen of the Spillerforeningen are listed below. Mads Øland was appointed to the newly created position as executive director in 1997 and served until 2020, hereafter he was replaced by Michael Sahl Hansen.

Footnotes

  1. ^ The abbreviation used the association was previously SPF, but they started using SPFO when implementing their new visual identify in November 2022.[31]

References

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  3. ^ a b "Medlemstal pr. 1. januar 2022" (PDF). fho.dk (in Danish). Fagbevægelsens Hovedorganisation (FH). January 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024. Medlemsorganisation: Spillerforeningen; Medlemmer i alt: 1.580
  4. ^ "English - SPFO". spillerforeningen.dk. Spillerforeningen. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024. Spillerforeningen (SPFO) – Society of Professional Footballers – is the union for all current and former footballers playing in Denmark.
  5. ^ a b "Jeppe Curth ny formand i Spillerforeningen" (in Danish). Spillerforeningen.dk. 6 June 2016. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Denmark, Spillerforeningen". fifpro.org. FIFPRO World Players' Union. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  7. ^ Svaneborg, Thomas G. (16 June 2004). "Professionelle fodboldspillere i LO" (in Danish). FINANS.dk. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  8. ^ Hüttemeier, Christian (27 June 2004). "Fodboldspillerne truer med strejke" (in Danish). Politiken. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  9. ^ Jørgensen, Palle 'Banks' (2023). "Kåringer : Årets fodboldspiller". SuperStats.dk (in Danish). Henrik Vinding. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  10. ^ a b c Reinbeck, Jørgen (9 May 1980). "Spillernes formand fyret uden selv at vide det" (in Danish). Vol. 109, no. 128. Lands-avisen Aktuelt. p. 35. Sportsaktuelt
  11. ^ a b c d e "Fagforening for fodboldspillere" (in Danish). No. 97. Den nye Demokraten [da] (Århus). 25 January 1982. p. 16. Sport
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  13. ^ a b Petersen, Jørgen (29 February 1980). "Trues igen af opløsning" (in Danish). Vol. 101, no. 60. Lands-avisen Aktuelt. p. 35. Sport
  14. ^ a b c d e f g Nielsen, Poul (14 February 1982). "Spillerforeningen ruster sig" (in Danish). Vol. 111, no. 45. Lands-avisen Aktuelt. p. 22. 1. sektion, Søndags-aktuelt, Sport
  15. ^ a b c d Andersen, Poul F.; Hansen, Henning (14 October 1982). "Striden bilagt". 70 (in Danish). No. 239. Dagbladet Djursland [da]. p. 16. Sporten
  16. ^ Nielsen, Poul (23 January 1981). "Superliga-forslag kan give uro hos spillerne" (in Danish). Vol. 110, no. 23. Lands-avisen Aktuelt. p. 28. Sport
  17. Berlingske Tidende
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  18. ^ Andersen, Poul F.; Hansen, Henning (20 January 1984). "Ny formand for Spillerforeningen" (in Danish). Vol. 72, no. 25. Dagbladet Djursland [da]. p. 18. Sporten
  19. ^ Rasmussen, Peter (22 May 1984). "Det var en and: Dansk fodbold ikke med til Los Angeles" (in Danish). Vol. 113, no. 141. Det fri Aktuelt. p. 24. Sport
  20. ^ Schultz-Knudsen, Per; Johansson, Egon (7 February 1986). "Fodbold: Ny formand for Spillerforeningen" (in Danish). Vol. 74, no. 32. Dagbladet Djursland [da]. p. 9. Sporten
  21. ^ Vestergaard, Peter (1 December 1998). "Farvel efter 32 år" (in Danish). Vol. 86, no. 294. Dagbladet Djursland [da]. p. 44. 1. del, Sport: Var i 1988-89 formand for Spillerforeningen.
  22. ^ "Frimann formand" (in Danish). Vol. 119, no. 5. Det fri Aktuelt. 6 January 1990. p. 19. Sport
  23. ^ "Frimann stopper karrieren" (in Kalaallisut). Vol. 130, no. 94. Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten. 17 August 1990. p. 12.
  24. ^ Klarskov, Torben (September 2017). "En pioner i Spillerforeningen" (PDF). B.93's Medlemsblad (3). Boldklubben af 1893: 12–13.
  25. ^ Monty, Michael (5 June 1997). "Krogh ny spillerformand" (in Danish). Det fri Aktuelt. p. 16.
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  29. Ritzaus Bureau. 27 March 2006. Archived from the original
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  31. ^ "Spillerforeningen: Professionalising the professionals". kontrapunkt.dk. Kontrapunkt. 2022. Archived from the original on 22 April 2024. Retrieved 22 April 2024.

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